You work in the newly formed Learning Services Division of a large school district. Recently the (also) new superintendent approached you with a memo from the CFO about a dollar bank balance of $10,000 at CILC (Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration). He is not familiar with CILC or video conferencing and has asked for a recommendation onhow to use the accumulated funds.
TASK
You are part of the curriculum and professional development team to review and recommend a plan for uses of CILC resources, materials, and conferences. Your group will present a plan to the superintendent and, if acceptable, then to administrators, department heads, and teacher leader groups.
PROCESS
Each member of the team has several years of teaching experience and now oversees an area of curriculum and professional development for teachers within that focus area. Your role will be as a curriculum specialist to locate both instructional uses of material through CILC and professional development for your related content teachers. From previous research the team has learned that video conferencing equipment is available at each of the district's high schools and in the central office building.
Individually, use search tools to review the content sections at http://cilc.org with your focus area in mind. The following types of programs are available:
Educational Content. CILC partners with over 220 national and international content providers offering over 1,600 teacher evaluated standards based K-12 programs in a searchable data base.
Professional Development Programs. Over 70 quality staff developers provide training through videoconferencing, webinars and other collaborative technologies.
Spotlight Sessions. Free, live professional development sessions, offered via webinar, cover a variety of topics relevant to today’s classroom.
Use the note-taking tool to prepare notes, considering advantages, questions, concerns, and implications to discuss with your team.
PRODUCT
When everyone in the group has reviewed the resources it's time to get together to compare notes and address questions you had during your investigation.
You will then need to decide how to share and deliver what you gathered. Prepare a chart or outline of key points for the proposal your team will need to prepare for the deputy superintendent and/or the leadership groups identified in the Task.
Determine the method to deliver your proposal and preparation needs.
EVALUATION
WebQuest activities include a reflective evaluation at the conclusion of the process. Record some notes about the process of this activity as a learning activity. We will collect exit information at the end of the session. References, additional reading and information
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. The model was developed by Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University in February, 1995 with early input from SDSU/Pacific Bell Fellow Tom March, the Educational Technology staff at San Diego Unified School District, and waves of participants each summer at the Teach the Teachers Consortium. For more information about the WebQuest format:
INTRODUCTION
You work in the newly formed Learning Services Division of a large school district. Recently the (also) new superintendent approached you with a memo from the CFO about a dollar bank balance of $10,000 at CILC (Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration). He is not familiar with CILC or video conferencing and has asked for a recommendation onhow to use the accumulated funds.TASK
You are part of the curriculum and professional development team to review and recommend a plan for uses of CILC resources, materials, and conferences. Your group will present a plan to the superintendent and, if acceptable, then to administrators, department heads, and teacher leader groups.PROCESS
Each member of the team has several years of teaching experience and now oversees an area of curriculum and professional development for teachers within that focus area. Your role will be as a curriculum specialist to locate both instructional uses of material through CILC and professional development for your related content teachers. From previous research the team has learned that video conferencing equipment is available at each of the district's high schools and in the central office building.Individually, use search tools to review the content sections at http://cilc.org with your focus area in mind. The following types of programs are available:
For ideas or inspiration, a 9-12 and PD catalog have been predefined and can be accessed at http://www.cilc.org/cat/?IRBHVPMRUO
Use the note-taking tool to prepare notes, considering advantages, questions, concerns, and implications to discuss with your team.
PRODUCT
EVALUATION
WebQuest activities include a reflective evaluation at the conclusion of the process. Record some notes about the process of this activity as a learning activity. We will collect exit information at the end of the session.References, additional reading and information
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. The model was developed by Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University in February, 1995 with early input from SDSU/Pacific Bell Fellow Tom March, the Educational Technology staff at San Diego Unified School District, and waves of participants each summer at the Teach the Teachers Consortium. For more information about the WebQuest format: